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Agricultural Update
(University of Missouri-Columbia, Extension Division, 1999)
Ag Update is a weekly publication presenting information on current agricultural issues that are of interest to Extension personnel in keeping familiar with the current farm financial situation. Listed in the Ag Update newsletter are notes...
Agricultural hand signals (1993)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 1993)
Voice communications are impossible in certain agricultural situations due to distance and noise. For this reason, standard Agricultural Hand Signals have been developed for farm machinery operators by the American Society of Agricultural Engineers...
Cooperatives and Group Action
(Texas A&M University, 1993)
The primary objective of this paper is to synthesize and summarize organizational issues and challenges facing U.S. agricultural cooperatives as they analyze their strategic options in preparing to meet the needs of their members in the twenty...
Biotechnology and the AgChem Industry
(AgBioForum, 1998)
Consumer driven developments in biotechnology will create new food systems with customized food products. It is argued that a large percentage of agricultural products will be produced under strict contractual guidelines, and that relationships...
Current State Of The U.S. Agricultural Economy
(1999-11)
Testimony Provided to the Joint Hearing of the Subcommittee on Empowerment and the Subcommittee on Rural Enterprises, Business Opportunities and Special Small Business Problems of the Committee on Small Business on November ...
The changing agricultural research environment : what does it mean for public-private innovation?
(AgBioForum, 1999)
Agricultural research has experienced increased industry spending and public-private collaborations. Private incentives for public goods research are limited. Public-private ventures can foster socially beneficial research. Joint research...
Agricultural Biotechnology - Master of the Universe?
(AgBioForum, 1998)
Technological innovation is creating a catalyst for new dimensions of growth and a corporate restructuring around the value creation potential of agriculture. This paper provides an overview of the recent commercialization of agricultural...
Analysis of Loan Outlays for the 1999 Crop Under Alternative Loan Rate Formulas
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 1999-08)
The analysis estimates the increase in government outlays that would result from increasing 1999 commodity loan rates.
The Role of Management Behavior in Agricultural Cooperatives
(American Institute of Cooperation, 1994)
Mintzburg's managerial working role model is used to explore the ways roles and behavior of the general manager of a user-oriented firm differ from those of the manager of an investor-owned firm (lOF). It is argued that, ...
The social and economic organization of Missouri agriculture, 1964-1992
([Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station], 1995)
Sanborn field.
([Agricultural Experiment Station University of Missouri--Columbia], 1991)
Measuring agricultural biotechnology research capacity in four developing countries
(AgBioForum, 1999)
In 1998, the International Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR) conducted a biotechnology research indicator survey of four national agricultural research systems -- in Mexico, Kenya, Indonesia, and Zimbabwe. Some of the policy...
Agricultural owners, family labor and the worker protection standard (WPS) (1997)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 1997)
of agricultural plants on farms and in forests, nurseries and greenhouses. The Standard requires all employers to take steps to reduce the risk of pesticide-related illnesses and injuries if they: Use pesticides in the production of agricultural plants ; Employ...
Are research alliances between private firms and land grant universities compatible with the original purpose?
(AgBioForum, 1999)
Increased collaboration between private firms and State Agricultural Experiment Stations (SAES) raises fears that the independence, objectivity, and credibility of SAES and their scientists may be compromised. Likewise, there is concern that public...
Structural overview of the Missouri economy in 1990
(Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station, 1994)
The agricultural knowledge system : appropriate roles and interactions for the public and private sectors
(AgBioForum, 1999)
of agricultural scientists and entrepreneurs. Historically, there have been strong arguments for public investment in such knowledge generation and transfer activities. The basic argument is that knowledge is by nature a "public good" and, therefore, the private...
College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources convocation, 1992 December
(University of Missouri--Columbia. College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources., 1992)
"Saturday, December 19, 11:00 a.m., Trowbridge Center, University of Missouri-Columbia"
Agricultural biotechnology, trade and the developing countries
(AgBioForum, 1999)
Developing countries and their low-income people could benefit significantly from thedevelopment and use of modern biotechnology in agriculture within a proper biosafety
regime. However, international agreements on biosafety, biodiversity...
The industrialization of agriculture : selected papers from the Breimyer Seminar on Agricultural Policy, November 16-17, 1995
(Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station, 1995)
Biotechnology and Agriculture : A Skeptical Perspective
(AgBioForum, 1999)
A combination of population and income growth will more than double the demand for food and other agricultural commodities over the next half century. Advances in crop productivity during the twentieth century have largely been based...